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• Within the next 12 months, over 100,000 people in the USA will be diagnosed with primary (18,000) or metastatic brain tumors (80,000), and the incidence is on the rise. • Brain tumors are the second leading cause of cancer death in children under the age of 15 and in young adults up to age 34 years. • Approximately 44% of all primary brain tumors are benign • Currently, brain tumors cannot be prevented because their cause is still unknown |
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Brain and spinal tumors, like many other cancers, come in a great variety of pathologic types, each necessitating a different approach to treatment that may require medical, surgical, or radiological intervention. As a result, an effective neuro-oncology program requires expertise in all of these therapeutic modalities. This expertise is available at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital. The USC/Norris Neuro-Oncology program
offers a comprehensive approach to caring for patients with brain tumors,
bringing together medical neuro-oncologists, radiation oncologists and
neurosurgeons to provide patients with a broad range of treatment options.
Such an approach can be of great benefit to the patient, not only at
the initial diagnosis and treatment, but also at time of relapse, should
a tumor recur. |
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Appointments may be coordinated through Kisha Smith : (323) 865-3945 Fax : (323) 865-0061 Directions |